The "evil" abbot who tried to prevent it happening turned out to have been the good guy all along. Evil Is Not a Toy: In one episode a monk tricks Sydney and Nigel into helping him unleash a demon which promptly kills him.Dying Declaration of Love: We get one between Sydney and Nigel in "Treasure Island", a platonic love, but a declaration nonetheless.Distressed Dude: Nigel, more than once.Disguised in Drag: Episode 63 involves Sydney and Nigel dressing as harem dancers to infiltrate a Persian palace.This of course leads to Nigel having to impersonate him. Criminal Doppelgänger: "Incognito" has Ian Worthington, a relic hunter that happens to look exactly like Nigel.Cowardly Sidekick: Nigel isn't always one but has his moments.Countrystan: One episode is set in the Middle Eastern sultanate of Endostan.After much squirming, Sydney is able to draw Nigel's knife and cut them free. Caught in a Snare: Happens to Sydney and Nigel in "The Emperor's Bride" (triggered by Nigel of course).Sydney proceeds to empty the gun at Reiner's feet forcing him to jump while delivering a lecture about why she Does Not Like Guns. After Sydney gets Reiner's gun away from him, he grabs Nigel and holds him hostage. Bullet Dancing: Sydney does this to Reiner in "Diamond in the Rough".Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Many of the plots revolve around a mysterious artifact that granted a historical figure amazing powers.Baseball Episode: In "Diamond in the Rough", Sydney has to find the lucky glove of a legendary player that was stolen during the 1946 World Series.Bad Habits: Sydney and Nigel dress up as monks/nuns more than once.Badass Bookworm: Sydney is a university teacher who often goes on dangerous adventures in search for relics.Apparently, this mostly means it fires a big exploding laser when you shine bright light on it. Artistic License – Physics: Episode 13 features the diamond of Thutmose III, which is revealed to have a refractive index so high that it "absorbs light and doesn't allow it to escape".Ancient Conspiracy: Quite often such conspiracies center around the relics Sydney is looking for.The alien metal is confiscated by the government at the end to keep the truth hidden. Ancient Astronauts: The plot of Fire In the Sky.has an irregular shape and the fact that it has to be cut and polished now to be considered beautiful plays a big part in the plot. In the episode "Afterlife and Death", a diamond from 1500 B.C. While her academic field is history rather than archaeology, her retrieval of ancient artefacts tends to involve archaeological work. Adventurer Archaeologist: Sydney's life is more often that of an adventurer rather than an academic, as she travels the world in search of artefacts and often gets into conflicts with various criminals.Later in the same episode, she tears off most of her skirt so she can climb a building, leaving only just enough material to prevent a Panty Shot as the camera zooms in on her from below. Action Dress Rip: At a garden party held by the Greek minister of culture, Sydney gets into a fight with two goons and tears a slit in her cocktail dress in order to be able to kick properly. Even when she's back at her office we frequently see her practicing her kicks and punches. Relic hunting can be a dangerous business, and Sydney is an expert in various martial arts. There is a large amount of (innocuous) Fanservice but all violence is carefully filmed around with no visible blood for reasons of transmission time. The show sometimes features bursts of cheesy dialogue and various national stereotypes. The latter two are respectively played by Lindy Booth and Tanja Reichert. Her Hugh Grantesque teaching assistant Nigel Bailey ( Christien Anholt) accompanies her on hunts and largely gets used as the comic relief, whilst secretaries Claudia (seasons one and two) and Karen Petruski (season three) hold the fort back at Trinity College. She somehow manages to keep her job despite taking a ridiculous amount of unscheduled time off to Relic Hunt (occasionally this is Lampshaded by a boss who complains Sydney is never in, or justified by having her employer send her off on a relic hunt). The tough girl heroine, Sydney Fox ( Tia Carrere), is a renowned Relic Hunter, but also has a day job as a university professor of Ancient Studies. Relic Hunters are adventurers who travel the globe to track down lost or stolen objects and return them to their owners or donate them to museums, sometimes for a fee but never working entirely for profit - unless they're this week's bad guy who'll get their comeuppance at the end. Relic Hunter is a television series that ran for three seasons in syndication from 1999-2002. Sydney's Season Two pre-credits introduction.
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